One Underage Bully Who Electrocuted Child in Central Jakarta Returned to Parents

Police have apprehended two teenagers who bullied a 6-year-old boy until he was electrocuted at Taman Kramat, Kramat Village, Senen District, Central Jakarta. One underage perpetrator has been returned to his parents, but the legal process continues.

“One has been returned to his parents, but the report still stands,” said Central Jakarta Metro Police Public Relations Head, Iptu Erlyn Sumantri, when contacted on Friday (12/6/2026).

Meanwhile, the other perpetrator is an adult. Police are currently conducting further investigation. “One is detained,” he stated.

Head of the PPA-PPO Unit at Central Jakarta Police, Kompol Rita Oktavia, previously said the incident took place on Sunday (7/6). Rita explained that the victim and the suspects were playing together in the park at the time. She noted that the victim and the suspects were indeed playmates and neighbours.

“There were already many children there. The suspected perpetrators live nearby, not far, at most within the same RW as the victim’s family. So they are playmates,” Rita told reporters on Friday (12/6).

The two suspects then lifted the victim’s body. They swung him and carried him towards an electrical pole in the park.

“Eventually, it seems they already had the intention. They held his hands and feet, then swung him, until his legs were spread apart and placed into the pole, right in the middle,” she explained.

Rita said the suspects then pressed the victim’s feet against the electrical pole. At that moment, the victim was apparently electrocuted until he fell unconscious.

“It seems the tips of his feet were placed on the pole. That’s why we want to know, if they did that, it means they likely knew the pole had electricity. The victim then fainted,” she explained.

Afterwards, the suspects appeared to panic because the victim had been electrocuted. One of the suspects then pulled the victim away from the pole, causing him to fall. Because the victim was unconscious, the suspect carried him back to his home.